Triple
T82420
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
E1655
|
entity |
| Predicate | alumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Young
Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician renowned for his pioneering work in optics, particularly the wave theory of light and the famous double-slit experiment.
|
E8012
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Thomas Young | Statement: [Emmanuel College, Cambridge, alumnus, Thomas Young]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Young Context triple: [Emmanuel College, Cambridge, alumnus, Thomas Young]
-
A.
William Whewell
William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.
-
B.
Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
-
C.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
-
D.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
-
E.
Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician and astronomer best known for his influential work in celestial navigation and his book "The New American Practical Navigator."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Thomas Young Triple: [Emmanuel College, Cambridge, alumnus, Thomas Young]
Generated description
Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician renowned for his pioneering work in optics, particularly the wave theory of light and the famous double-slit experiment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Young Target entity description: Thomas Young was an English polymath and physician renowned for his pioneering work in optics, particularly the wave theory of light and the famous double-slit experiment.
-
A.
William Whewell
William Whewell was a 19th-century English polymath, philosopher, and historian of science known for coining key scientific terms and shaping the philosophy of scientific method.
-
B.
Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin was an 18th-century English physician, natural philosopher, and poet who proposed early ideas about biological evolution and influenced later evolutionary thought.
-
C.
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish physicist best known for formulating the classical theory of electromagnetism, unifying electricity, magnetism, and light into a single framework.
-
D.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was a 17th-century English mathematician, physicist, and natural philosopher whose formulation of classical mechanics and universal gravitation laid the foundations of modern science.
-
E.
Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch was an American mathematician and astronomer best known for his influential work in celestial navigation and his book "The New American Practical Navigator."
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2567c90308190a9b989c586f7e559 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a26243abb881908e732c8f885cc694 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a262b29fc88190a1562e4dbe10d438 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2634c236c8190b4259962acf4b5f0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:38 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.